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Why Television Can Be Our Best Writing Teacher

Why Television Can Be Our Best Writing Teacher

Christine Ma-Kellams on What She’s Learned From the Small Screen

By Christine Ma-Kellams | April 17, 2024

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

Margot Livesey on Thomas Hardy's Mistakes

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By History of Literature | April 17, 2024

The Sound of C: On Giving a Voice to the Words of Others

The Sound of C: On Giving a Voice to the Words of Others

Lissa Soep Chronicles the Process of Creating an Emotionally Authentic Audiobook

By Lissa Soep | April 16, 2024

Brianna Pastor Had to Write About Her Grief and Shame to Begin Healing

Brianna Pastor Had to Write About Her Grief and Shame to Begin Healing

The Author of “Good Grief” on the Bittersweet Experience of Writing Her Poetry Collection

By Brianna Pastor | April 16, 2024

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

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Julia Alvarez on Mortality

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Opa! It’s All Greek to Me! Subverting the Tropes of Greek Culture in Media

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Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down

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“Don’t be afraid of losing touch with the past. After all, you were there, living it.”

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Phil Jones on Why We Read Samuel Johnson

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Real People, Real Pain: On the Ethics of Telling True Stories of Trauma

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What Do You Get When You Cross the Contemporary Novel with Nature Writing?

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A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em>The Last Man</em>

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel The Last Man

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Katrina Carrasco on the Importance of Female Physicality in Fiction

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